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// Chapter 1: Welcome to Ponyville - Part 2 
// Story: The Misadventures of Razor and Daedalus 
// by RazortheAwesome 
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Twilight was in the middle of explaining something to the two of them about one of the many other buildings in Ponyville with her encyclopedic knowledge when Razor’s pony ears suddenly caught something.  

“Oh shit!” he suddenly shouted, much to the surprise of Twilight and Daedalus. The second those words left his mouth, he immediately jumped up into the air off all four of his hooves and flipped over towards his right. The instant he was in the air, a rainbow blur that came from his right suddenly shot right where he stood, went past him, and hit Daedalus.  

The source of the rainbow blur knocked Daedalus to the ground and caused the two of them to roll several feet down another street while Razor simply landed back onto his hooves with the grace of a pony gymnast while a concerned Twilight turned around to see what in the name of Celestia happened. Eventually, Daedalus and the source of the rainbow blur stopped rolling about three yards away from where Razor and Twilight now stood. Daedalus lay flat on his back with the same deadpan look he always wore on his face while the source of the rainbow blur lay on its stomach just a foot or so away from him.  After a few seconds, the source of the blur revealed itself as a cyan colored Pegasus mare with a rainbow mane and tail.  

The rainbow mare was the first to get to her feet, and as she did looked back to see Daedalus still lying on his back. The moment she saw him, she put on an on so innocent look on her face and giggled a bit before she said anything.  

“Uh... Excuse me,” she said to him in an almost humorously innocent tone, however Daedalus did not look amused. “Here let me help you up,” she said as she flew back up into the air and over to Daedalus. Once she was above him, she extended her right hoof to him. Daedalus, seeing this gesture, just sighed loudly to himself and took it. Once she had his hoof, the rainbow Pegasus grabbed it with both hooves and then flew backwards a bit with her wings to pull him up off the ground and onto his hind legs again. She let go of him and Daedalus just fell back onto his four hooves. The whole time Daedalus never took his serious, deadpan gaze off her. With him back on his feet, the rainbow Pegasus giggled to herself again as she rubbed the back of her head again with her left hoof. “Eh he he... Sorry,” she said to him.  

“Oh it’s quite all right,” Daedalus said to her as he brushed off his black tie, “this sort shit happens to me all the time.”  

“Yo, Daedalus!” The two of them looked over to see Razor and Twilight running towards him. “You okay?” Razor asked Daedalus upon reaching.  

“Fine, just fine,” Daedalus said before looking back at the rainbow colored Pegasus. “Miss, if you would be so kind as to at least pay some manner of attention to your flying, I'm sure more than just I would be most grateful.”  

“Hey, I said I was sorry okay,” the rainbow Pegasus said back to him, her previously innocent demeanor gone.  

“Sorry, but you’ll have to excuse my friend,” Razor said to her. “He can be like that sometimes.” Daedalus just shot him a look that was on the verge of a death glare to Razor as he said that.  

“Rainbow!” Twilight yelled out as she walked up to the rainbow maned Pegasus. The look on her face was no longer one of concern but rather one of frustration. “What in the name of Celestia were you doing?”  

"Well," the rainbow Pegasus huffed, "I was in the middle of performing some trick I read about the Wonderbolts Magazine, you know Fly with Us, and it looked so cool I just had to try it."  

"What kind of trick?" Twilight asked.  

“It's called the Double Back Looped Free Fall Dare Dive,” she excitedly shouted to her friend and the two stallions. “Or the DBLFFDD for short.”  

“You practice your tricks, especially an untested trick designed by Soarin of all flyers and decide to test it out. In town...” Daedalus yelled, drawing the attention back to him as a puzzled look erupted on his face. “The FUCK?!”  

“Well, excuse me...” the rainbow Pegasus started to say before she fully considered what the other Pegasus had to say. “Wait, how'd you know it was Soarin?”  

“I read.”  

“Wait, who in the hay are you two anyway? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you around,” The rainbow Pegasus asked them.  

“I am Daedalus the Thirteenth and this unicorn standing here is my...” he paused for a moment, “to use a more appropriate and less painful word to think of and say, roommate, Razor.” With those words out of his mouth, Razor stepped forward and extended his right hoof to the rainbow Pegasus.  

“Nice, to meet you,” Razor said to her as he shook her hoof.  

“And you two are...?” the rainbow Pegasus asked.  

“Oh, they just moved in to town,” Twilight suddenly said as she stepped forward. “They only just arrived today so I’m showing them around.”  

“Oh, that’s cool,” the rainbow Pegasus said, her eyes now more on Razor than Daedalus. 

“Name’s Rainbow Dash,” she added, fluffing out her wings and holding her head up high, swishing her mane a few times. “Fastest flyer in all of Equestria. Perhaps you’ve heard of me?”  

“No,” Razor stated rather bluntly, though curious for more. “Can’t say that I...” He paused for a moment after he said that last bit. “Wait... You said your name was...”  

“Yes,” Daedalus said flatly. At that, both Razor and Rainbow Dash’s attention turned back to him.  

“Really, you have?” Rainbow asked Daedalus, eyes suddenly full of pride.  

“Yes, I have.” Daedalus replied. “I don’t think there isn’t a pony in all Equestria that doesn’t know the name of the only pony ever to do a sonic rainboom. Twice.” At that, Razor suddenly snapped back to attention.  

“That’s it!” he exclaimed. “I knew that name sounded familiar. You’re Rainbow Dash! Gah, the mane and tail should’ve given it away.” Suddenly, and without warning or any kind of sign, the rainbow colored Pegasus let out a squee. Both Razor and Daedalus could only stare as the strange rainbow colored Pegasus let out her obvious moment of fangirlism before she quickly returned to her previously calm and “cool” demeanor.  

“Well, it’s always cool to meet a fan,” Rainbow Dash said as she extended a hoof back to Razor. Daedalus just kept his mouth shut as Razor shook her hoof again.  

“So, you’re Twilight’s friend?” Razor asked her.  

“Yeah,” she said throwing a foreleg around the unicorn and using the other to rough up her mane, “we're pretty much the best of buds, aren't we?” Twilight just sheepishly laughed at that before she could respond.  

“Yeah, yeah we are,” she said as she pushed Rainbow’s hoof off her. “We’ve been friends ever since I moved to Ponyville.”  

“Nice,” Razor responded.  

“Did you have the same first meeting experience as I did?” Daedalus snarkily replied. Twilight, the instant those words left Daedalus’ mouth, let slip a nervous laugh.  

“Well, it was nice meeting you,” Rainbow Dash said as she turned around and spread her wings. “I’m gonna get back to practicing. I’ll see you later, Twilight.” With that, as instantly as she appeared, she flew back up into the sky, leaving only a rainbow blur in her wake.  

“Well, she was cool,” Razor said to nopony in particular.  

“By the way,” Daedalus began to say as he turned to face Razor. "The next time I see an object traveling in our direction at top speeds, I'll just step out of the way and let YOU meet it.”  

“That reminds me,” Twilight suddenly said as she directed her gaze directly at Razor. “How did you do that anyway? I mean I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody avoid Rainbow like that before.” At that, Razor just began to laugh nervously to himself as a certain red hue crept back onto his face.  

“Umm... Quick reflexes,” was all he could say as he put on a wide smile that was to all but him, the fakest possible smile he could have achieved. Neither Twilight nor Daedalus said anything as Razor just stood there looking like an idiot.  

“Right...” was all Twilight could say.  

“Shall we continue?” Daedalus asked to get away from that awkward moment.  

“All right,” replied Twilight, not entirely convinced. In either case though, the three of them turned around and headed back the way they were going. They still had more of Ponyville to see.  

Eventually, the three of them found themselves in front of a building that for all intents and purposes resembled a gingerbread house.  

“And this is Sugarcube Corner,” Twilight said to them as she held up a hoof towards the gingerbread house, “The best bakery in all of Ponyville.”  

“Hmm, interesting style albeit a bit forward and less than creative to advertise that they sell confections and cakes. Admittedly, this building was most likely built thirty, no wait, forty years ago back when they originally went for the idea of,” Daedalus paused for a second and began tapping his hoof against his forward in thought. “The decorated shed and the duck, well this is clearly a duck since it is meant to resemble what is being sold.”  

“What?” Twilight asked as she turned her attention back to Daedalus, now slightly confused.  

“It’s nothing,” Razor said.  

“Nothing, but he just...” Twilight began to say before she was cut off by Razor.  

“Say, anyone else hungry,” Razor said. “Actually, I don’t think either of us have had lunch yet, right Daedalus,” he said looking over at the Pegasus who simply shrugged to his roommate.  

“What about those free apples Applejack gave you?” Twilight asked.  

“That was a while ago,” Razor responded. “Besides, it was just one apple. An incredibly tasty and juicy apple, but still just one apple,” he said as he trotted up towards the gingerbread house. “Coming Daedalus?” he called back as he walked up to the doors.  

“Sure, why not,” Daedalus said as he followed his friend and roommate towards the gingerbread house. Twilight followed just behind him.  

Once they were inside, they looked around to see that hardly any ponies in the bakery. In truth, it was far past lunchtime and Razor was right, aside from the free apples, they hadn’t eaten anything else since they got here.  

"Ah, yes," Daedalus continued, "the wide open restaurant interior with a few tables and side booths set up for dining in and the glass counter." He looked to his companions as though expecting something from them but when they ultimately said nothing, he continued alone. "Clear indicators of a restaurant that also offers take-away and, ah exposed timber beams. It’s kind of rustic in a charming sort of way and a simple truss frame for support, typical of this style of architecture. And a set of stairs, which indicates to myself that the owners and or staff of this establishment live above the premises in another part of the building, which means that the..." he got into the line with the more confused Twilight and shrugging in response Razor. "Kitchen's in the rear, though based on size they must do a Tartarus lot more than just simple confections and treats." Twilight just stared at him in confusion, she was about to open her mouth to say something when Razor, unknowingly this time, cut her off again.  

“Well, I don’t know about you but I’m gonna see what they got,” he said as he made his way up to the counter. Twilight followed close behind him, as did Daedalus. At the front counter, the three of them met a blue earth pony mare who seemed, in a good way, a bit chubbier than most ponies.  

“Ah, Twilight, it’s good to see you,” said the chubby earth pony to the lavender unicorn.  

“Good to see you too, Mrs. Cake,” Twilight said to the chubby pony. “Is Pinkie Pie around?”  

“Unfortunately no,” Mrs. Cake replied. “She was here earlier but then she ran off saying something about a party.”  

“Figures,” Twilight said as she took a loud sigh. It was then that Mrs. Cake noticed the two stallions with her.  

“Twilight,” she said to her “Who are these two with you? I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in town before.”  

“Oh,” Twilight said as he attention was turned back to them. “They just moved in to Ponyville, so I’m showing them around.”  

“Oh how lovely,” she said in a rather excited tone. “Welcome to Sugarcube Corner. I’m Mrs. Cake.”  

“Nice to meet you,” Razor replied.  

“Likewise,” said Daedalus.  

“So, can I get you anything for the two of you or are you just...”  

“Do you have any sweet rolls?” Razor asked out of nowhere.  

“Of course,” Mrs. Cake replied with as much enthusiasm as she had before.  

“Sweet!” Razor suddenly exclaimed in a way that almost sounded like the “squee” like sound that Rainbow Dash made earlier. As he did his he also thrust his right hoof up into the air, much to the annoyance of Daedalus.  

“And for you, dear?” Mrs. Cake asked as she turned her attention over to Daedalus.  

“A blueberry-muffin, my dear,” Daedalus stated softly.  

“Of course,” Mrs. Cake said as she wrote all their orders down on a small sheet of paper “and for you Twilight?”  

“Oh, nothing for me, thanks,” Twilight responded. 

“All righty then,” Mrs. Cake said with a smile before she walked off to get their orders. Within a few moments, the three of them were at one of the many tables in the bakery enjoying some of the most delicious baked goods they had ever had in a while.  

“By Celestia, that was the best damned sweet roll that I’ve ever had!” Razor exclaimed as the three of them exited the bakery. “And I’ve had a few.”  

“I must concur, that blueberry muffin was exceptional,” Daedalus stated as the trio walked the streets of Ponyville.  

As the trio continued down the main street of Ponyville, they passed several shops, each one with a rather decorative sign displaying a distinctly colored image of the goods sold within the shop. After about ten minutes of walking and listening to Twilight list off the various shops about them, they paused as they got to the fabric store. No sooner did they reach it when Twilight stopped for some reason unknown to both Razor and Daedalus. Stepping out from the shop's double doors, a white unicorn levitating several large bags stuffed to the brim with an impressive number of fabrics greeted the happy Twilight with a large smile. As the lavender unicorn approached, the white unicorn whipped her rather styled purple mane to the side and walked up to her with a large smile and a sort of twinkle to her eye.  

"Twilight, darling, whatever brings you down to the garment district?" she asked Twilight, looking her over with a happy look. She spoke with what was obviously meant to be a Prench like accent of sorts. "You aren't considering making your own dress again, you know how well that turned out last time." Twilight gave an uneasy laugh and then proceeded to talk to who was clearly her friend, and a close one at that.  

"No, nothing like that," Twilight began, "I'm just showing these two around Ponyville. They just moved in to town," she finished before motioning a hoof at Daedalus and Razor. Daedalus dipped his head a bit as she pointed and Razor's mouth merely hung slack jawed, more than likely overwhelmed by the beauty of the pony before him. At least, he was for about a second before he shook his head to clear and thoughts he may have had before he regained his former composure. Daedalus didn’t even bother to say anything about that.  

It was at that moment that the white unicorn noticed the two stallions behind her friend. She glanced over at the two new stallions for a second and took them in with the careful precision and eye that a dressmaker would examine most works of clothing.  The unicorn, while a bit thin, was clearly somepony that came from an athletic background and perhaps did some work in a physically demanding field. More importantly, based upon the way he kept himself, he carried little care for what others thought of his appearance, and of course, that mane of his. In her words, it was a travesty and was in desperate need of a thorough scrubbing and shampooing immediately, and perhaps a bit of styling, as it was much too long for a stallion. At first, she thought he might have been a mare, but then quickly noticed otherwise. Other than that, she found his appearance pleasing, and he had a certain gleam to his eye that drew her in. None of this was bad in any conceivable way, but at the same time, she got a hint that perhaps she should watch herself when dealing with him, at least until she got to know him better.  

The Pegasus on the other hoof, she looked at him and felt that he was more or less average until the unicorn stepped close. He was easily a whole six, perhaps even eight inches taller in comparison. His mane appeared a bit more up kept than the unicorn's but still possessed that quality of carelessness that the unicorn’s did. His overall quiet and steady demeanor gave her the opinion of a business stallion, but the glasses gave a hint of an artisan or more appropriately, a researcher. However, once he fluffed his wings a bit, she felt a blush appear on her cheeks that she immediately made attempts to suppress, given that her friend was near.  

"Really... Well, it’s an absolute pleasure to meet you, darlings, my name is," she whipped her mane and blinked heavily with her long eyelashes extenuated, "Rarity," she stated with an almost seductive whimper to her voice and a bright smile on her face.  

“Mehrunes Dagon Razor,” Razor said to her as he extended a friendly hoof. “Nice to meet you.”  

“May runes...?” Rarity said as she shook his hoof, a hint of wonder in her voice. “What an interesting name.”  

“Just call me Razor,” Razor said as the two let go. “Everypony else does.”  

"My name is," Daedalus stepped forward and gently took her hoof in his, "Daedalus the Thirteenth, darling," said, giving the hoof a small peck.  

“Oh my,” Rarity said as she let a light blush cover her cheeks. “Aren't we the charmer?” She found his voice a little bit more soothing than Razor’s for whatever reason.  

“Some would say that, others might not,” Daedalus chuckled. Rarity couldn’t help but chuckle as well at that.  

“So you two are new to Ponyville,” she began to say to the two of them. “Where are you from?” she asked.  

“Fillydelphia, though originally we’re both from Canterlot,” Razor replied rather bluntly.  

"Canterlot, only by birth, mostly," Daedalus added.  

“Canterlot... Fillydelphia... My whatever made the two of you decide to move to Ponyville?” Rarity suddenly asked them, a hint of heavy curiosity in her voice.  

“Canterlot did not taste well and Fillydelphia was more or less the result of needing to change scenery... Immediately,” Daedalus replied.  

“Really,” Rarity said to him, now even more interested in them for whatever reason. “Well, to each his ow... Waahahaaa!!!” It was then that she noticed the black tie Daedalus wore around his neck. “Darling, what is that... thing... around your neck?” She asked in a manner that suggested she might have been horrified by what she saw.  

“This is my tie,” Daedalus asked slightly confused as he pointed to it with his left hoof. “I always wear my tie,” he paused for a moment to look back up at her. “What’s wrong with my tie?”  

“Wha wha wha... It’s just... so...” Rarity began to say before Daedalus cut her off.  

“Do you think there is something wrong with it because I don’t see what’s wrong with it.”  

“Boring!” Rarity finally said.  

"Come again?" Daedalus asked, annoyed.  

"It's such a boring and flat color, and well, that collar doesn't help your case either," Rarity added to which Daedalus merely looked down at both and looked back at her.  

"Really, because last time I checked, this was the optimal business wear for stallions that don't do coats. I don't do coats."  

“Oh, I can give you a nice new tie with several colors and a rather interesting pattern that will surely garner the attention of both your business partners,” she said before getting right up next to him and rubbed her cheek against his. "And the mares,” she cooed, raising a blush in Twilight and Razor. Daedalus turned to her, his face remaining the same as he looked her straight in the eye.  

“I like this one.”  

“Twilight, darling,” Rarity said as she turned to face the lavender unicorn. “What do you think of his tie?”  

“Oh um...” Twilight said, suddenly caught off guard. “It’s okay. I guess.... I like it.” 

“Of course you would,” Rarity said as she let out a loud sigh as she turned back to Daedalus. "It's no problem at all darling, really, I insist. You can keep that one if you want, just let me make you a nice, dashing, new...”  

“I have dozens,” Daedalus suddenly said.  

“What?” Rarity gasped, suddenly shocked.  

"I don't need a new one to add to the menagerie," Daedalus bluntly uttered.  

“Wha... No, no, no...” Rarity replied as she shook her head. “I insist on making you a new tie. Perhaps something with cyan, maybe a nice mauve,” She said as she began to slowly walk away from the three of them. “Oh! I know a burgundy tie with a black collar that would make him quite the dashing stallion, now!” She continued on for long until she was out of their hearing range, leaving a very confused Razor and Daedalus in her wake.  

"She's going to make me a tie, whether I like it or not Miss Sparkle?" Daedalus asked, staring off at the mare as she left for what he presumed was her home.  

"Yes," Twilight responded.  

"Well, fuck me Nay Bradbury." Daedalus said. There was a long moment of silence between the three of them after that.  

“You know she’s faking that accent right?” Razor suddenly, yet discreetly asked Daedalus out of nowhere.  

"Well, of course. She's clearly from the Midwest and is just using it to try and separate herself from a middle class upbringing to appear like she's from high society." Twilight didn’t say anything to either of them either because she didn’t hear what they said or didn’t want to. Either way, she kept her mouth shut.  

“Well, shall we get going?” Twilight asked as she turned to face them.  

“Yes, lets,” Daedalus replied. Razor just nodded his head in agreement without saying anything. With that, the three of them headed on. However, they had barely gotten two blocks down one of the many other streets when suddenly, what looked like a grey Pegasus with a blonde mane and tail suddenly came crashing from the sky and somehow became lodged inside of the nearest mailbox. Strangely enough though, nopony around seemed to pay this incident any mind.  

“What the fuck?” Razor exclaimed, concerned as he sprinted over to the distraught Pegasus.  

"Well, I can see why Dash is the best,” Daedalus said as he ran after him. Twilight didn’t say anything as she went after them. The grey Pegasus, unfortunately for her, had her head lodged within a mailbox in front of one of the many identical buildings of Ponyville. With both her hooves on the mailbox she tried with what might she could she could muster to pull herself out, but to no avail.  

“You okay?” Razor asked her as he reached her.  

“Yeah,” the Pegasus said to him, her voice a little distilled by the mailbox. “I’m fine, but I’m just stuck.”  

"Here, let us help you," Daedalus said as both he and Razor both approached the mailbox and took a hold of the Pegasus. Both of them grabbed around her waist and pulled back as hard as they could. At first, her head refused to budge, and the mailbox seemed to be slipping from the ground as they pulled. Razor however, saw this and with his magic, held the mailbox in place as they pulled, a green aura surrounding the mailbox. 

Less than a moment later, the sound of rather loud ‘POP’ signaled that they had gotten her head free. Both Razor and Daedalus immediately fell backwards onto their heads with a rather loud thud as the newly freed Pegasus landed on top of them.  

The grey Pegasus was the first to get back up onto her feet, her fall having been broken by both Razor and Daedalus. Once she was up, she extended a hoof to help up Daedalus while Razor got up on his own.  

“Sorry,” she innocently said to the two of them as she put on an adorable smile. The Pegasus mare before them looked to both of her saviors, her blonde mane a bit un-kept and not too unlike that of Rainbow Dash's. She smiled so brightly that it seemed nearly impossible for either Razor or Daedalus to not smile, in fact both found themselves with a sort of joyful grin upon their faces. She floated in the air a bit and from where she was, the two could tell that her cutie mark appeared to be a collection of bubbles. She wore a mailbag at her side and atop her head was a mail carrier's cap complete with the official postal service shield in brass. But, by the far the one feature that the two could not draw themselves away from was her eyes, for one of them looked straight on at them, well more or less to their hooves. The other looked upwards and to the side a bit, both a rich caramel color with a brightness that seemed to radiate with a happy innocence that neither Razor nor Daedalus could properly identify. In brief, she looked abso-fucking-lutely adorable. “Thank you both for helping me,” the grey Pegasus said to them in a voice that sounded just as adorable as she looked.  

“Oh, it’s no problem,” Razor said to her as he lightly laughed to himself.  

“Are you all right Ms...” Daedalus asked. After he said that he tried to bring himself to speak more, about why in Equestria she flew into the mailbox, but all his mind could rationalize was: “SHE’S SO CELESTIA-DAMNED ADORABLE!”  

“Derpy,” She said to them. “Derpy Hooves.”  

“Derpy... Hooves?” Razor said, slightly confused.  

“Yep,” Derpy said as she let out another innocent giggle. “That’s my name.” It was at that point that she, or at least her right eye, noticed just who the two stallions in front of he were. “Say I’ve never seen either of you around town before,” she said to them with all the enthusiasm of an eager child.  

"We just moved here, Miss Hooves," Daedalus said with a light chuckle to his voice.  

“Really!” Derpy suddenly said in the most enthusiastic manner possible. “Welcome to Ponyville!” she suddenly exclaimed as she grabbed Daedalus’ hoof and started shaking it rapidly, and much to even his own surprise, Daedalus’ hoof actually moved. When she was done with him, she moved on to Razor. “Well, I have to get back to work,” she said as she finished shaking Razor’s hoof. “Maybe we’ll see each other again soon. Hey, maybe I’ll deliver a letter to your house!” She exclaimed with as much enthusiasm as before.  

“Yeah, I’m sure we will,” Razor said with a light chuckle. “And I’m sure you will too.”  

“Well, I better get going. It was nice meeting you. Bye!” she said to them with as much enthusiasm as before, and as quickly as she had appeared, she had flown off into parts of Ponyville unknown.  

"Razor," Daedalus said, his gaze not once looking away from the mare.  

"Yes?" Razor replied, his gaze never once leaving her either.  

"I don't know why but I have the urge to hug that pony."  

“All I wanna know is what in the name of Celestia is up with her eyes?”  

"Clearly she was born that way and I don't fucking care." Daedalus said as he turned his attention back to Razor, and then to Twilight who had just caught up with them. Razor decided not to say anything, for he knew that the results of doing so could only be disastrous in this case.  

“Well,” Twilight said to break the ice. “Shall we...”  

“Yes, let’s get going,” Razor said before he and Twilight continued down the street. Daedalus followed close behind.  

The three resumed walking down the street and left the garment district. Eventually, the three of them found themselves in an entirely different part of the town when suddenly a white rabbit ran out from the bushes carrying a pocket watch in his paws. Razor looked down at the creature with some puzzlement while Daedalus found himself wondering if he hit his head too hard while helping Derpy. Twilight just sighed to herself as the two could have sworn she said, 'Not this again'. All at once, a yellow Pegasus with a pink mane jumped out from bushes nearest them and grabbed the rabbit in her hooves.  

"Angel Bunny!" she scolded the rabbit who looked at her with a look that could be best summed up as 'Do I look like I give a shit.' "How many times do I have to tell you that is not your watch so stop taking it."  

“Hi, Fluttershy," Twilight said to her, prompting the Pegasus to turn to her friend.  

"Oh, hello, Twi - EEP!" she suddenly screamed, well, at least the three of them assumed it was meant to be a scream, upon facing her friend. “Um... Twilight,” The yellow Pegasus said to her as she pointed her right hoof in the general direction of Razor and Daedalus. “Who are they?” she asked.  

“Oh, they just moved to Ponyville. So I’m showing them around,” Twilight said to her. After that was over, she extended her hoof in the general direction of Fluttershy and said to the two of them. “Razor, Daedalus, meet Fluttershy.” After she said that turned back to face Fluttershy, who still held the appearance of a timid rabbit. An apt comparison as a not at all timid rabbit stood right on her tail. “Fluttershy, meet Razor and Daedalus.”  

“Nice, to meet you,” Razor said as he extended a friendly hoof towards her. As he did, the yellow Pegasus backed away a little bit. Her cheeks internally seemed to catch fire as she turned a shade of red.  

"Hello, Miss Fluttershy," Daedalus said extending a hoof to her as well, to which she continued to back away. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Again, she backed away from him as he extended his hoof, her blush only intensifying as she did. Her eyes darted back and forth between the two stallions as quick as her rabbit friend would have moved. All the while, she remained glued to the spot as she stood on visibly shaking.  

“Um... Nice to meet you...” she said to them, though her voice barely rose above a whimper. It was so quiet in fact, that none of them, not even Twilight, could possibly understand what she said.  

“Sorry, didn’t quite catch that,” Razor said to her, trying to sound as polite as he could.  

“Umm umm umm umm....” was all they could hear her say again. Again, her eyes darted quickly between the two of them, then to Twilight, and then to the two of them again, then back to Twilight. “I’m sorry...” she said to her friend in a voice that was not any louder than she had previously been. Then, in a motion to quick for any of them to see, at a speed that would put Rainbow Dash to shame, she quickly turned 180 degrees and bolted down the street away from them. All the saw was a pink colored blur in her wake that disappeared down the road as quickly as she did.  

"Well, that was... bizarre." Daedalus said as he watched the pink trail disappear in front of him.  

“I apologize for my friend,” Twilight said to them, her own face blushing nervously somewhat. “She’s just like that.”  

“It’s okay,” Razor said to her. “Not the first time I’ve met a mare like that.”  

"Yes, but she seemed a bit... well shocked by our presence." Daedalus added.  

“She’s just shy around everypony, especially ponies she doesn’t know,” Twilight replied.  

"Hence her name, I suppose,” he replied.  

“Yeah, I suppose,” Twilight said. Razor didn’t say anything, since he honestly couldn’t think of anything that Daedalus hadn’t already said. From there the three of them continued on their tour through town. Deep down though, Daedalus could understand where Twilight was coming from on this one. He knew what it was like to have to explain for a friend, or more specifically in his case, his roommate.  

About thirty minutes later, the three of them found themselves back towards the center of town where Twilight drew their attention to a giant tree just down the road from where they stood.  

“And that’s the library where I live and work,” she said to them as she pointed it out to them.  

“You live in a library?” Razor asked, suddenly curious.  

“Yes,” Twilight responded. “Is that a problem?”  

“No,” Razor said as he shook his head. The second he was done, Daedalus leaned in close and whispered to him.  

“I swear to Celestia if you even think about...” he began to say before Razor cut him off.  

“Oh I wouldn’t dream of it,” Razor whispered back as he put a grin on his face that stretched from ear to ear before he looked back over to Twilight. Twilight just smiled to herself as she looked back at the two of them.  

“You know, you aren’t so bad,” she said to them. The instant those words left her mouth though, Razor suddenly felt himself straighten up. His limbs locked up and his neck locked in place as he stood up straight and tall and his eyes locked back on Twilight. As he stood there, he could feel his face turning a few shades redder than it was before. 

“Umm... come again...” was all he could say, and he stuttered a bit while saying it. Twilight could only giggle to herself as she saw that. Daedalus, on the other hoof, didn’t say anything or look any different than he had looked before.  

“Well, I should probably get back. Spike’s probably wondering what’s taking me so long,” she said as she turned and began to trot towards the tree library. “Maybe I’ll see you two around some time,” she said as she turned back to look at them before she went any further than three steps.  

“Wha... Oh, yeah,” Razor said as his eyes seemed to drift to any location but her, though the red on his face remained. “Thanks for showing us around.”  

“Oh, it was no problem,” she said to them. Razor could almost swear he saw her bat her eyelashes at him. “Well, I should go,” she said as she trotted off. “Bye, and welcome to Ponyville!” she yelled out at them as she walked back towards the library.  

“Bye,” Daedalus said as he waved a hoof. “And thank you.”  

“Bye... Twi... light...” was all Razor could say as he tried to wave a hoof, but found himself unable to as he shut his mouth. He couldn’t take his eyes off her as she walked away from him. Her lavender coat, her purple mane, the way she moved her flank when she walked away from him. Everything about her practically screamed 'YES' to him. He was so focused on her that he didn’t even notice that he had been standing there, unmoving and unblinking, for several minutes.  

“Razor?” Daedalus said to him as he noticed this. Razor didn’t respond, he just kept his eyes on Twilight. “Razor...” Daedalus tried again, but again to no avail. “Razor...” he tried again while waving his hoof in front of his roommate’s face. Still, he got no reaction out of him. Razor still kept his gaze forward. In front of him at the tree library, Twilight had already opened the front door and walked on through it. She was no longer in his sight, but still he felt the urge to look.  

Inside Razor’s head, the metaphorical hamster wheel that kept his brain going suddenly began to spin ever faster as the hamster sped up as a picture of the lavender mare was dangled in front of him. He sped up faster and faster to try to reach her. Faster, and faster, and faster, and faster he went until the hamster wheel suddenly caught fire and set the whole inner workings of Razor’s mind ablaze.  

“Razor...” Daedalus said to his friend again as he snapped his hoof in front of Razor’s face for several moments to try and get his attention. Exactly how he was snapping his hoof was a mystery that neither he nor Razor cared about right now though, as there were other things on their minds.  

Suddenly, Razor’s right eye began to twitch. It was small at first, but then it started to get more frequent and out of control. Then the right corner of his mouth started to twitch as well. It was at this point when Daedalus saw the obvious early signs of a seizure that he kicked Razor with his back right leg.  

“YEEEEEEAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!” was the sound that came out of Razor’s mouth as he shot up into the air the moment Daedalus' leg touched him. It wasn’t unlike their encounter with the strange pink earth pony earlier in the day. When Razor came back down, he landed on his two rear hooves and threw both his forehooves up into the air. “SHE IS BEAUTIFUL SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!” were the only words to come out of his mouth as he landed. He practically screamed them. His sudden outburst drew the attention of practically every pony in the town that happened to be within earshot. However, he didn’t notice nor even care that he became the spectacle of the entire town in that moment.  

“And with that, you’ve lost me,” Daedalus said with a hint of confusion as Razor finished shouting. However, Razor just ignored him in favor of more shouting.  

“SHE IS BEAUTIFUL SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!” Razor shouted again while still standing on his back hooves, completely oblivious to who or what might have been watching him. Daedalus just rolled his eyes and sighed again as Razor finished shouting again.  

“Come on, we have shit to set up,” he said as he began to walk away. Razor, surprisingly enough, fell back down onto four hooves and followed him.  


END PART 2